Badminton Asia Championship: BWF World Championships bronze medallist and Commonwealth Games Champion Lakshya Sen has crashed out of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023 in the first round. Lakshya lost to World Champion to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew in straight games in the men’s singles opening round on Wednesday. Lakshya was out of sorts in the first game, and won just 7 points. The second game was much better for him but he eventually crumbled and lost 7-21, 21-23 to the Singaporean shuttler in 37 minutes. Follow Badminton Asia Championships 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
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Day 2 (Round 32): Men’s Singles
Loh Kean Yew 🇸🇬 vs Lakshya Sen 🇮🇳 : 21-7 23-21#Badminton #BadmintonAsia #BACDubai2023 pic.twitter.com/WFZHedxvXo— Badminton Asia (@Badminton_Asia) April 26, 2023
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Lakshya’s first round failure
In the first set, Indian shuttler seemed to have no specific plan against Loh and lost by a huge margin of 7-21 in the first game. After the disappointing opening, Lakshya made a comeback by gaining a lead of 11-9 in the second game.
He even got to the game point as he was leading by 20-19. However, he failed to capitalise and lost the match 21-23.
Due to Lakshya’s relatively low ranking of 24 on the BWF list, he faced a challenging draw in his first game of the Badminton Asia Championships. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist is suffering a rough patch from the start of the 2023 season. He has played seven tournaments so far and has reached quarter-final in only one tournament.
Badminton Asia Championship: India’s Doubles Players in Action
Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud lost their men’s double game against the Japanese pair of Kobayashi Yugo and Takuro Hoki.
Krishna and Vishnu lost against former world champions in two straight games 15-21, 17-21.
In the women’s doubles, Ashna Roy and Haritha Harinarayanan were defeated by the Thailand duo of Jongkolphon Kitithrakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 21-11, 21-2.
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